This documentary spends a lot of time recalling DJ Carey’s hurling triumphs in an effort to make his fall seem like a Shakespearean tragedy rather than an inevitable result of the machinations of a grubby conman
DJ Carey arriving at the Criminal Courts of Justice last July. Photo: Collins
There are several old audio clips scattered throughout director Trevor Birney’s two-part docuseries DJ Carey: The Dodger (RTE One, Monday, November 24; both episodes on RTÉ Player) that now sound ironic at best, infuriating at worst.
In one, the disgraced former Kilkenny hurler, who was sentenced to five-and-half years in prison earlier this month for defrauding 22 people out of a total of almost €400,000, is heard saying: “I’ve never been one for controversy.”
